Gas-burner



(No Model.)

H. W. BILLINGTON.

GAS BURNER.

No. 598.453. Patented NQv. 9, 1897.

W/TNESSES /N VE N TOI? A TTOHNE TH: mams rsfzns co. eHow-urna.. wAsHxNcron. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE WV. BILLINGTON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEWv JERSEY,

GAS-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,453, dated November 9, 1897. Application led J' une 9, 1897. Serial No. 639,982. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that l, HORACE W. BILLING- TON, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Burners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a gas-burnerwith an automatic gas-stop or cutoff so constructed and arranged that in the event the gas should be lighted and burning and by any accident the vlight should be blown out or extinguished the stop or cut-o will immediately act to stop the ow of gas, whereby no bad results will follow from such extinguishment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gas-burner capable of accomplishing the above-named results which will be simple, durable, and economic, and, furthermore, to provide a means whereby when the flow of gas is cut oft the parts effecting such an action may be locked, thus preventing a wrongful use of the gas, or when not needed for lighting purposes, provision being made for unlocking the cut-off when the gas is to be used for illuminating purposes.

The invention consists in the novel construction andl combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

Y drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved burner, illustrating the position of the parts when the gas is ignited at the burnertip. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the position of the parts when the supply of gas is cut off from the burner-tip. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The burner consists of a body A, which is shown as of spherical shape and as hollow, together with a neck B, screwedor otherwise attached to the body, and a tip C, removably connected with the'neck. The entire burner or any of its parts may be given any shape that fancy may dictate; but the contour illustrated is that which is preferred. Where the neck joins the body of the burner, a disk 10 is firmly secured, while a second'and lower disk l1 is mounted to turn in the said body, the upper fixed disk being provided with openings 12 and the lower disk with corresponding openings 13, so that when the openings 12 and 13 in the two disks are brought into registry communication is established between the body and neck of the burner.

The revoluble disk 11 is secured by a pin 14 or the equivalent thereof to a rod or a key l5, which is mounted to turn in the body, and extends upward through a central opening 16 in the fixed disk l0. The upper end of this rod or key is provided with a crankarm 17, the upwardly-extending member 18 whereof is brought to a fine point. The lower end of the rod or key 15, which is outside of the body, is provided with a knob 19, by means of which the keyis turned, a suitable groundjoint being provided between the key and the bottom portion of the body of the burner, through which it passes. A spring 20 is attached to the rod or key, being coiled around the same, and is likewise secured tothe inner surface of the body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The tip C is provided with a number of openings 21 in its upper end, and at the lower portion of the tip a spider 22 is firmly secured, through which a copper rod 23 is passed, the rod being hollow and rectangular in cross-section. This copper rod extends upward to a point near the top of the tip, where it is connected with an apertured cap or crown 24, the cap or crown having its upper surface correspondingly shaped to the inner face of the upper end of the burner-tip.

A guide-spider 25 is attached to the copper rod 23 near its upper end, which serves to prevent the rod from having lateral movement, the rod being designed to have vertical movement only, and a spring 26 is coiled around the rod, bearing against the spider 25,

secured to the rod, and the spider 22, attached to the tip. The end of the hollow copper rod 23, which extends below the fixed spider 22, is firmly connected with a disk 27, having, preferably, its under face at the center concaved, and at the peripheral straight portion of the disk a number of apertures 28 is produced. The disk is usually made from steel,

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and the apertures in the disk are intended to receive tihfe poinit oit the-crank-ammcarried by the key 15.

If it be desired to form a lock between the cut-ofi disks 10 and 11, such a lock may be made by producing an opening 29 in the upper or fixed disk 1:0 anda correspondi-ngopeni ing 30 in the lower or revoluble disk, the latter opening 30 having attached to one of its Walls a spring 31, which will normally extend l beyond the upper face of this disk. TheL locking-openings 29 and 30 are so placed relative to one another that when the lower l disk is turned in a manner lto bring the gassupply opening 13 out of registry with the. similar opening 12 in the fixed disk the spring 31 of the lower cut-0E disk will .enter the, opening 29 in the upper cutso disk, ,-thus eect'ing a locking connection between the? two, ,and will prevent their being .moved until fthespring is released from the opening29, and this may be accomplished by passing a f rod of the lnecessary shape through an opening 32, made in the neck portion of the burner in a manner to depress the spring 31, the opening 32 being normally closed by a Acover j 33, fitting in a gas-tight manner on the said neck, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation thel key or rod 15 is tur-nedl so as t0 bring .theopen-ngs 12 and 13 lin the c-nt-oidisks in registry. The gas will then vfind its way to the tip and may be ignited. As soon as the gas is'ignited the yheat will havesuch action on the copper rod 23as to cause the expansion of .the same, lengthening l the rod, bring-ing the locking-disk 27 downward, so that 4the point of the crank -arm 1S I of the key will enter one of the apertures therein. The key will 'thus be held open. In the event the iiame should be accidentallyy extinguished the copper rod 23 upon bei coming cool, will contract, and assisted by;v the spring26 will almost instantly on the extinct'ion of 'the iame shorten to such :an .eX- tent as to free the key 15,w`hereupon the, spring 20 of the key will act t0 car-ry the gassupply openings in the cut-oft disks 'out of registry, thereby .preventing the -gas bein-g;

fed to .the tip. 'The hol-low body A acts as a reservoir 'for .all impurities-such as water, dirt, zc-which would tend to impede the flowof gas. By producing a series of openf ings 28 in the `locking-d`isk 27, and especially in locating said apertures equidistant apart,

the-size of the llame will be entirely underl the controlo'f the manipulator of the key.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A gas-burner, a rod at 'the tip-of the said burner, capable-of expansion and con traction, the said rod being within the bunnerand ranging longitudinally therein, a key regulating the supply of gas to the tip, and a locking device carried by said rod and arranged for engagement with the said key.

2. In a :gas-burner., a key -controlln g the outlet of gas, the key having a part extending into and ranging longitudinally with the burner and an expansion device in advance of the said part and adapted to expand into engagement therewith.

3. Ina gas-burner,a tension-controlled key, arranged to regulate the supply of gas to the tipof the burner, the said key being provided with a crank-arm at its upperor inn-erend, a thermostatic rod located .in the tip of the burner, a spring .assisting the movement rof the thermostatic rod in one direction, A:and a. locking-diskcarried by the said thermostatic rod, having aperturesarran ged to receive the crank-arm of the said key, for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with a gas-.burner provided with anapertured stationary disk, Aa rotating disk 'facing .the stationary diskandcorrespondingly apertured, `and 4a tension-conthermostat located at the-tip of the burner, terminating in a 'locking member Aadapted lto receive a portion of the said key.

5. The combination, with a gas-burner, a stationary apertured disk located within the burner, a rotatable disk .placedadjacent .to the stationary disk, .being correspondinglyaptrolled keyattaehed tothe rotating disk,.of ka.

ertured, and a tension-controlled keyattached i to the rotatable disk, and provided with a pointed upper v or inner end, of .a thermostat locatedat the ti pof the burner, guides for the same, and a locking device carried bythe ,thermostat,having a series of openingsarrangedto receive the upper or inner endof thesaid key.

, 6. The combination, with agas-burnerprovided with .a stationary anda revolubledisk closelyassociated, and having corresponding apertures for the admission of .gas from :the body of the burner .to the tip, and a tensioncontrol-led key attached to the revolubledisk, oneofsaid disks bein gproviidedwith a springlock and the opposing disk with .a recess to receive the said lock, of .a thermostat located loo at the tip ofthe burner, .and an apertured locking-disk carried .by the thermostat, .and

arranged to receive 'the upperor 'innerendof said key.

HORACE BILLINGTON.

I Witnesses:

JOHN S. OOoNNoR, CHARLES F. MILLER. 

